Day 2, There's gold in them hills........
After a great night sleep, Day two started with a sleep in till 8.30am (and that's a big deal for us) and no arguments from the littlest, Oskar about sleeping in his own bed. We were very proud of him.
Today we spent the best part of the whole day at Sovereign Hill. We decided to purchase the VIP package as we knew we would not be able to do everything in one day (this allowed us to have 2 days) and it included many of the attractions which cost extra money anyway.
We filled in our day attending the gold mine tour, historical photos, candle making, devonshire tea, Attending school from 1854, gold pouring, horse and carriages and gold panning just to name a few.
Today's temperature hit over 32 degrees C! It was beautiful and we were surprised that none of the kids complained, took it in their stride and appeared to thoroughly enjoy the days activities.
At the end of our tour, we got to hold a gold bullion worth $163,000.00, for a split second the thought did cross my mind to just.................RUN but my conscience got the better of me!
Once back at the caravan park we spent a couple of hours lazing in the pool to try and cool off, followed by a quick BBQ dinner; followed by the kids quickly scuttling off to hang out in the playground with dozens of other kids to play.
We are all tired and hot, the caravan is only set up to deal with the cold, so getting to sleep in the heat will be a challenge.
Goals of the day:
1) We want a bigger van, lol, not that this one is so small its an issue, but dam there is some nice stuff around here.
2) Need to come up with a lifestyle where we can just do this camping thing and work on the road. This idea came to us as we were beached pool side relaxed and enjoying each others company 😁
Righto off to bed we go.
Tomorrows challenge? Temperature of 39 degrees!
One last day to enjoy Ballarat before heading off to Swan Hill on sunday am.
Today we spent the best part of the whole day at Sovereign Hill. We decided to purchase the VIP package as we knew we would not be able to do everything in one day (this allowed us to have 2 days) and it included many of the attractions which cost extra money anyway.
We filled in our day attending the gold mine tour, historical photos, candle making, devonshire tea, Attending school from 1854, gold pouring, horse and carriages and gold panning just to name a few.
Today's temperature hit over 32 degrees C! It was beautiful and we were surprised that none of the kids complained, took it in their stride and appeared to thoroughly enjoy the days activities.
At the end of our tour, we got to hold a gold bullion worth $163,000.00, for a split second the thought did cross my mind to just.................RUN but my conscience got the better of me!
Once back at the caravan park we spent a couple of hours lazing in the pool to try and cool off, followed by a quick BBQ dinner; followed by the kids quickly scuttling off to hang out in the playground with dozens of other kids to play.
We are all tired and hot, the caravan is only set up to deal with the cold, so getting to sleep in the heat will be a challenge.
Goals of the day:
1) We want a bigger van, lol, not that this one is so small its an issue, but dam there is some nice stuff around here.
2) Need to come up with a lifestyle where we can just do this camping thing and work on the road. This idea came to us as we were beached pool side relaxed and enjoying each others company 😁
Righto off to bed we go.
Tomorrows challenge? Temperature of 39 degrees!
One last day to enjoy Ballarat before heading off to Swan Hill on sunday am.
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